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FOUR MILLION WHIP HUNS
MUST BE 3,200,000 IN FRANCE BY
NEXT JUNE 30.
- Senate Receives Bill?Chamberlain
Reveals Administration Plan
in Presenting Measure.
Washington, Aug. 15.?Four million
American soldiers can defeat the
German army is the belief of Gen.
March, chief of staff, and present
plans of the war department call for ^
more than that number under arms
next summer, with some 3,200,000
of them or eighty divisions, in France,
by June 30.
These and other important facts
concerning the nation's effort in the
war as given to the Senate military
committee tfy Gen. March, Secretary
Baker and Provost Marshal Crowder,
were revealed today by Chairman
Chamberlain in presenting to the
Senate tne administration man yowei
bill extending the draft ages to include
all men between the ages of 18
and 45 years.
To Conclude War. ,
President Wilson is determined to
bring the war to a conclusion by concentrating
all forces on the western
front, including Italy, Secretary Baker
told the committee, and GenMarch
supplemented this by stating '
it was the purpose to end the great
world struggle quickly and decisively.
For the nation not to put forth
1 * its maximum effort at once, the chief
of staff declared would be but "playing
Germany's game."
Thirty-one American divisions, or
approximately 1,300,000 men now
are in France, with as many more in
camps in this country as a reservoir.
Secretary Baker "said today that the <
accelerated programme of troop 1
movements overseas which has en- <
abled Gen. Pershing to organize his <
first fiqld army of some 1,250,000 <
men wttl be continued because of the i
generous action of the British Gov- <
etnment in supplying shipping. - 1
Two Million Men. 1
To carry out the present P?p- ]
gramme or eigniy divisions overseas
by June 30, nearly 2,000,000 men 1
> i must be sent to France in the next i
eleven months. Mr. Baker would >
not be drawn into any discussion of <
the country's ability to transport men, <
< but it is known that many more than
that nuinber could be landed in the i
. war zone at the present rate' of <
shipments. 1
Gen. March told the committee, ac- J
cording to the Report to the Senate, \
that he was in favor of young meil t
for the army and that the youth of <
, 1& registered under the, new draft ?
law would be in France by June 30. ]
He estimated some 2,300,000 men <
qualified for full military service s
would be secured from the new regis- 1
- trants and he outlined the calls for 1
the next year or more as follows: 1
The Next Calls. I
"August 250,000, September 200,- i
000, October 155,000, November ]
150,000, December 150,000, January 1
100,000, February 200,000, and 300,- 1
000 monthly thereafter until the end
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, of the next year." 1
These calls would aggregate 4,- i
205,000 against the estimate of 2,- I
300,000 to be had from tjie n?w ?
regulation, but no explanation was
made of this and other discrepancies
in the draft figures. General Crowder
has said the present reservoir
in class 1 will be exhausted by next
October 1, but Secretary Baker made
it plain today the reservoir of men
now in camp in this country is sufficient
to keep up the present troop
movement overseas.
Plans for considering the man power
bill in the Senate next Monday
were blocked today because a quorum
was not present and the three-day i
recess agreement could not be set *
aside. However, a quorum is ex- c
pected Monday and leaders plan then c
to vote to end the recess programme c
so the measure can be taken uj) next 1
Thursday. The Senate is expected *
to pass the bill within a few days *
and Jt will then be sent to the house. ?
TVnorftrtr Vftnp TT-nirvn. ?
John Vinson was shot and killed
by William Lawson Wednesday about
half a mile from Bogansville church ^
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near Union and within one-quarter
of a mile of the residence of Law- t
son, and Lawson immediately after b
the shooting went to Buffalo and sur- *
rendered to Rural Policeman W. A. t
Robinson. c
Both parties are men of families,
Lawson being about sixty years old, *
and has a wife and two daughters, ^
and Vinson has a wife and five chil- a
dren and was about thirty-four years a
old. v
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Read The Herald, $1.50 per year. e
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S. 0. BEHIND.
Only Fifth of W. S. S. Quota Yet
Bought.
Charleston. ? Neglect on the
part of those who signed pledges during
the June W. S. S. campaign ma;result
in South Carolina making a
-discreditable showing in the W. S.
S. campaign, and R. G. Rhett, state
director of War Savings, has called
upon the men and women of the
Palmetto State to keep faith with
'the government by promptly redeeming
the pledges which they made
and on which the government is con?
J ?? maIttIm /v 11 a fho no 1 a<^
UUtJJLltiy ICI >1115. UHC Lix^ 001^0
reports for June and July were fair,
the reports so far for August indicate
that the people are not buying
as many war savings stamps as they
should.
The Palmetto State is-not doing its
share in the W. S. S. campaign. Although
over half the year has gone
by, the State has not purchased
over one-fifth of its quota, and it is
of great importance that the people
buy stamps intensively from now on.
Those who can do so, and it is'believed
thatmajority can, are asked
to buy more stamps than they pledged,
and the hundreds of thousands
who were not reached in the pledge
campaign are asked to buy the
stamps anyway. The other Southern
States?the' entire country, in fact? j
are making progress that should spur
the Palmetto State to better efforts.
CHALLENGE TO THIS STATE.
Mississippi Goes Over in W. S. Drive.
Up to This State Now.
Charleston, Aug. 20.?The State
of Mississippi has challenged South
Carolina. Mississippi has overpledged
its year's quota in the war savings
campaign. Othey States have also
oversubscribed their quotas, but Mississippi
is the only other State in the
county which has a colored population
larger than its white population,
as the Palmetto State.. A report
reaching the South Carolina
War Savings committee shows that
with a quota of $36,230,900, Mississippi
pledged $36,475,317; whereas,
South Carolina, with a year's quota
5f $33,000,000, pledged only $15,)00,000.
Mississippi's sensational achievement
strikingly refutes the claims
those who state that South Caro-"
Una could' never invest $33,000,000
[n WV S. S. in one year. This State
is fully as prosperous as Mississippi,
md its people are certainly as patriitir
as those* of the* sister Southern
State. The difference is that the
people of Mississippi are convinced v
the serious importance of the "vyar
.aviags movement. That is proven
by the fact that fully 85 per cent, of 1
the population of Mississippi pledged I
themselves to purchase' W. S. S. Had
the same proportion of people in this
State pledged themselves, the Palnetto
State's showing would have
seen fully as good, is the view held
lere.
It is not too late for South Carolina
to equal Mississippi's record,
vhich is a matter of pledges. If the
people of this State who signed pledges
during the June W. S: S. drive
Rill faithfully make their pledges
*ood, and buy even more W. S. S.
than they pledged, and if those who
lid not pledge themselves will buy
'reely, the Palmetto State may4qual
>r exceed Mississippi's final showing
?but for the present Mississippi's
'eat stands a a challenge to South
Carolina.
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To Get Better War Bread.
Universal war bread of better qualty
than last year for all the nations
ighting Germany, practically with>ut
rationing, will be one of the
ihief results of the food controllers'
inference at London, Herbert C.
loover, American food administrator,
announced to the Associated ^
>ress. He added that there will be 1
imple supplies of fats and meat if '
he populations are economical and
ivoid waste. 1
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McLaurin Votes Against Blease. <
John L. McLaurin in a letter to 1
ishley C. Tobias, Jr., secretary of the
tate Democratic committee asking !
hat his nam.e be left off the official :
allot, expresses himself in respect to 1
he candidacy of Cole L. Blease, and i
hinks that his opinion as a private 1
itizen should have weight. He says: :
It would be a shame and a disgrace
o send a man to the senate who has
itterly attacked Mr. Wilson personlly,
and whb was utterly unable to
ppreciate his wonderful breadth of ^
ision until an unholy desire for office
aused the scales to fall from his ^
yes." ? , (
THE PRESIDENT SAYS BLEASE IS NO FRIEND
OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
Washington, Aug. 15.?President Wilson has no feay
that the voters of South Carolina will believe that former
Governor Blease is or can be a friend of the Administration
or that they will send Blease to the United States Senate.
Just before leaving Washington late last night for a
visit to Col. House in Massachusetts, the President sent
the following letter to Mr. Thomas H. Daniel, correspondent
of the Snartanburff Herald:
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"My Dear Mr. Daniel:
"Replying to your letter of August 12th, ,
let me say that I have perfect confidence that
the people of South Carolina will judge rightly
in the senatorial contest, and I have not the
least fear that they will believe that Mr.
Blease is or can be a friend of the Administration.
The record of his opinions is already
written, and it is a little late to expunge it.
, "Sincerely yours,
"WOODROW WILSON,"
The President's letter was in reply to one from The
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Herald's correspondent, dated last Monday as roiiows:
"My Dear Mr. President: 1 .
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"I have noted with much satisfaction vour action in let?/
ting the people know you desire that certain of the little
band of willful men be not reelected to the Senate and the
House of Representatives because of their obstructionist
tactics on matters of vital importance in the conduct of the
war.
"While I feel confident of the defeat of Cole L. Blease
for the Senate to succeed the late Senator Tillman, I feel
that an expression from you for the benefit of tli? people
of South Carolina would help to make his defeat overwhelming.
You are doubtless familiar with the savage attacks
made by Blease upon you and upon the administration
several months after America entered' the war, in which,
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among* oxner tnings, ue aeciareu. mat nit* uiuua ui c\civ
American soldier killed on foreign soil would be an unwarranted
sacrifice of American manhood, chargeable to you.
He is now telling his followers that he is in favor of a third
term for you, and he will loyally support you if he is elected,
and making other similar statements that are at absolute
variance with his whole career and his whole records
in and out of office. Even as late as June of this year, in a
public speech he dared the federal government to take the
bridle off during the months of July and August and allow
a free discussion of the war and its causes. I should be
very glad if j*ou could find it consistent to favor me witlj
an expression for publication as to the desirability of the
defeat of Blease. His opponent, Mr. Dial, is a loyal and r
patriotic citizen of my home city at Laurei^ and will make
a worthv successor of Senator Tillman in the Senate.
"With the highest respect and esteem, I am,
"Vervtrulvvours,
''THOMAS H. DANIEL.''
CALLED TO REGISTER I
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The provost marshal general issues the following I
Reminder: - I
"All male persons who have reached their 21st I
birthday since June 5,1918, and on or before August I
24,1918, must register on August 24,1918. I
"These men should consult with local draft boards I
as to how and when they should register.'' I
The registration above referred to will be held at I
the court house in Bamberg next Saturday by the Lo- |
cal Board. I
loo'I. \V. CONVICTED. I INDIANA'S LARGEST TREE.
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Found Guilty of Conspiracy Seven Hundred Dollars Paid for Pop
Against Government. *ar ^ear Salem.
? . A huge poplar tree which has
Chicago, Aug. 17.?One hundred stood for centuries on the farm known
leaders of the Industrial Workers of as the Cary Morris farm in Washingthe
World were found "guilty as ton county, Indiana, near Salem, hecharged
in the indictment" by the lieved to be the largest tree in Indijury
after one hour's deliberation at ana, has been sold. A lumber comtheir
trial for conspiracy to disrupt pany at Orleans is the purchaser and
the nation's war programme late to- the price paid was $700.
lay. Arguments for a new trial will The tree is 30 feet in circumfert)e
heard next week. ence at the base and measures 13 1-2
The defendants, including William feet just below the first limb, which
D. ("Big Bill") Haywood, general is 72 feet from the ground. The tree
secretary-treasurer of the I. W. W., is one of the landmarks of Indiana
the highest position in the organiza- and thousands of people in {lie years
tion, face a maximum penalty of gone by have gone to see it.
fwpntv-spven rears in prison and a When the tree is felled it will be
$10,000 fine each. necessary to procure special saws and
^ 1 ^ other equipment such as is used in
Would Be Harrowing. the redwood forests in California.
There is no mill in Indiana which
"I wonder why we seldom see a has the capacity to saw the butt log 1
vQman running a department store?" which will be ten feet in diameter at :
"A woman could never bear to part the base. Experienced lumbermen
vith^all-those bargains."?Louisville estimate that 12,000 to 13,000 feet
Courier Journal. of lumber can be cut from the tree. 1
FALLS TO AMERICANS.
Considerable German Salient Wiped
Out.?Move Begins as Raid.
With the American Army in Lorraine,
Aug. 17.?The Americans this
morning captured the village ol
Frapelle and eradicated a considerable
German satient in the allied
lines. Prisoners were taken by the
Americans and the Germans evidently
suffered heavy casualties in killed
and wounded.
This sector has been regarded as a
quiet one and today's action begafi
merely as a raid into the enemy's
positions. The raid was preceded by
a straight bombardment for a few
minutes, followed by a box barrage
that penned the Germans off from
escape.
When the Americans went over the
top" to attack at 4:30 o'clock they
succeeded in sweeping all enemy resistance
before them and the raid
became an organized attack. The
Germans replied heavily to the
American artillery fire and they also
sfielled the entire neighborhood
throughout the day.
The enemy fire which included a
barrage, was ineffective. The Americans
have occupied the former German
trenches and consolidated them
against counterattacks.
CASUALTIES OVERSAES.
Total of the Week Ending August
18th, l,3oo.
1 Washington, Aug. 18.?Casualties
in the United States overseas forces
announced by the war office and Navy,
Department during the week ending
today, numbered 1,355 compared with
4,916 for the previous week. Total
ciio It idc ann nil in tnHav nnmKor
VUk)UUiV>AVO UUUVUia VVU LVUUJ U.UUAk/Vii
21,467, including 376 in today's army
list. ' The total army casualties number
18,707, the marine corps list
2,760. "
Total deaths including killed in action,
deaths from wounds, disease, accident
and other causes since the
United States forces landed in France
number 8,133 including 291 soldiers
lost at sea. Of that number 7,296
were of the army and 837 of the marine
corps.
Th6 wounded to. date numbersvjl,615
of which 9,785 are of. the army
and 1,830 of the marine corps.
Men missing in action and prisoners
in the hands of the enemy number
1,719, of which 1,626 are of the
army and 93 bf the marine corps.
The summary of the army casualty
list to date, including today's follows:
Killed in action, 3,689.
Died of wounds, 1,189.
Died of disease, 1,556.
Died of accident and other causes
682.
Wounded in action, 9,785.
Missing in action (including prisoners)
1,626.
Total to date, 18,707.*
The summary of the marine corps
lists follows:
Deaths, 837.
Wounded, 1,830.
Missing in action, 88. 4
In hands of enemy, 5.
Total to date, 2,760.
Bethea and Richards in Fisticuff.
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Charleston, August 18.?The attacks
Lieutenant Governor Andrew
J. Bethea, candidate for Governor,
has been making from practically
every "stump" in the State since the
Walhalla and Greenville meetings on
the connection of Maj. John G. Rich?
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Cole L. Blease culminated here
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yesterday in a 'fisticuff between the
twb candidates. Several blows were
passed by each of the belligerents,
but no casualties resulted.
The audience which had dwindled
from about 150 to approximately 75
was not very excited over the incident.
Several of the crowd, including
a police officer and Sheriff Martin,
rushed on the stage 'of the Hibernian
Hall, where the meeting was
held, and assisted Acting Chairman
Tljos. P. Stonev to separate the two
fighters. Although the audience
was exceptionally small, due to the
day meeting, it was demonstrative,
particularly when any one of the
candidates spoke disparagingly of
the candidacy of Blease. Robert A.
Cooper, candidate for Governor, was
given an ovation wnen ne commenced
his address and the other candidates
also were liberally applauded.
A Paradoxical Sign.
"I can always tell when my husDand
is going to be close with his
noney."
"How?"
"By his far-away look when I ask
lim for some."?Boston Transcript. |
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1,(50,#00 SOLDIERS ACROSS
SOME TRANSPORTS MAKE ROUND X
TRIP IN 19 DAYS.
; March Talks to Senators?-Chief pharacterizes
Battle in France as '
"The German Retreat."
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i Washington, Aug. 17.?Of more
r than 3,000,000 men now under arms,
[ the American army has sent nearly
rv r? /-v In 1 am rv\ ama f U* A r* 1 ^ n A AAA
uiic-iian, ui muic xuau i,iuv,vvv
, overseas for service against the army
L in France, Italy and Siberia.
; These figures were revealed today
- by Gen. March, chief of staff, in his
Saturday talks with newspaper men
. and members of the Senate military
t committee. The Senators were told
that some transports are making the
s trip to Europe and back in nineteen
days, and that the average has been
. reduced to twenty-eight days, which,
with additional shipping becoming
available, makes the great job of get!
ting eighty divisions of American ?
, troops to France by June 30, 1919,
certain of success. - " [
The chief of staff paid only brief
attention to the progress of the fighting
in France, where the situation is
developing slowly. He did characterize
the battle, however, as "the German
retreat," and otherwise indicated
that further retirement was expected.
Will Include AIL
Explaining his announcement as to
embarkation, Gen. March said:
"When I give figures hereafter of
troops embarked from the United
States, the totals will embrace the
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troops in Siberia, in Italy, France and
Russia proper. The figures will mean
the entire American expeditionary
force in all parts of the world.- We
have now embarked on all the expeditions
more than 1,450,000 men."
Work of Americans.
Discussing the work of Americans
abroad, he said:
"The American troops in France1" *
are beginning to receive official
French commendations of various
sorts, and here is one that came in >
this morning. This refers to the Sec- '
ond artillery brigade, which was with
the Second division in the fighting
around Chateau-Thierry.- After the
infantry was withdrawn our field artillery
stayed there and helped the
French at that point. This commendation
is from the French commander
of the division to which it was attached.
It is in the form of an official
order and the translation is something %
like this:- x ' * ; i
Thanks From French.
" 'On the eve of the relief of the \
Second artillery brigade of the Second
United States infantry division from
the Twelfth (French) infantry division,
the general commanding this infantry
division takes the opportunity
to express to the brigade commander,
I Gen. Bowley, to all his officers, noncommissioned
officers and soldiers, his
thanks for the services rendered their '
French oomrades and his admiration
j for the splendid American bravery.
Splendid Qualities.
" 'After having- vigorously fought
with the Second United States infantry
division and with the Fifty-eighth-^
(French) infantry division, the Second
American artillery brigade has
come to show during the two days of
severe fighting at the side of the
Twelfth infantry division, the finest
qualities of energy, endurance and devotion.
" 'The fortunes of war separate us
from these brave and loyal fighting
comrades?I trust ?that the fortunes
of war will reunite us again upon the >
field of battle.
" 'The 12th French infantry divi- - ,
sion will faithfully treasure the memory
of the Second artillery brigade of
the Second United States infantry division.'
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Fatally^Mnjured.
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Orangeburg, Aug. 16.?Mr. J. Robert
O'Cain, of this county was fatally
injured here Wednesday when he fell
from a Southern passenger train
near the station. From what could
be learned Mr. O'Cain had gone to
the station with a relative who was
i ~ ^ /> P ao rlrr rtiArninO1
leaving Ui! UUC Ul tan;
trains. It seems that he boarded the
train, said to have been No. 15 for
Columbia, and attempted to get off
after it had started and was going at
a considerable speed. In some way
he fell under the car and was terribly
mangled.
Mr. O'Cain was about 40 years old,
He was well known and highly respected
citizen and had many friends
throughout this section who regret
very much to learn of his untimely
death.
Jacksonville, (Fla.,) carpenters demand
75 cents an hour.
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